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overlays in client.screen in Developer Help

ID:170756 Dec 18 2004, 10:37 pm
Madpeter	how do i layer an overlay in the clients screen? i have a obj that im loading to the screen but i want to be able to add an overlay to it the thing is when its on the screen it uses the FLOAT_LAYER so how do i get round this small problem.

#1 Dec 18 2004, 10:41 pm
Lummox JR	Madpeter wrote: how do i layer an overlay in the clients screen? The same as for any other overlay. Create an obj, give it a layer, add it to the overlays list. Lummox JR

#2 Dec 18 2004, 10:48 pm

In response to Lummox JR (#1)

Madpeter

thanks it works now

New code

var/obj/Items/R = src.bot1wep
R.layer = T.layer + 1
T.overlays += R

Old code

T.overlays += src.bot1wep

#3 Dec 20 2004, 2:29 pm

In response to Madpeter (#2)

Lummox JR

Madpeter wrote:

thanks it works now

New code

var/obj/Items/R = src.bot1wep
R.layer = T.layer + 1
T.overlays += R

Actually that isn't correct. You're now changing the layer of the weapon itself, which I don't think is at all desirable.

Instead, you need to create a new obj, give it the correct icon, state, and layer, and then add that to overlays. The new obj can then be deleted.

Lummox JR

#4 Dec 20 2004, 4:53 pm (Edited on Dec 20 2004, 5:00 pm)

In response to Lummox JR (#3)

Zmadpeter

thanks i will give that a try.

this seems to work fine :)

var/obj/Items/R = new()
R.icon = src.bot1wep.icon
R.icon_state = src.bot1wep.icon_state
R.layer = T.layer + 1
T.overlays += R

can you see any errors in that?

#5 Dec 20 2004, 8:29 pm

In response to Zmadpeter (#4)

Wizkidd0123

Zmadpeter wrote:

can you see any errors in that?

No, but instead, you could be doing:

var/obj/Items/R = new()
R=src.bot1wep
R.layer+=1
T.overlays += R

#6 Dec 20 2004, 8:41 pm In response to Wizkidd0123 (#5)
Chwgt	Wizzkids home and he's helping people, of course is what he does best. =)